Epidemics: The Story of South Africa's Five Most Lethal Human Diseases

by Howard Phillips

Book Overview

This is the first history of epidemics in South Africa, lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries. Focusing on five devastating diseases between 1713 and today-smallpox, bubonic plague, "Spanish influenza," polio, and HIV/AIDS-the book probes their origins, their catastrophic courses, and their consequences in both the short and long terms. The impacts of these epidemics ranged from the demographic-the "Spanish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821420283
• ISBN13: 9780821420287
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 7.0"